So now I think I've managed to get the PPD edited so Tabloid prints from Linux CUPS clients. However, the PPD update doesn't seem to get copied to the Windows side via cupsaddsmbd ... the Windows users still don't get a Tabloid (or really many of the PPD page size options) in their GUI. I can work around it via selecting A3 as a paper size, that is "close enough", but does have a larger boarder than the actual Tabloid setting...

Any ideas?

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James Pulver
LEPP Computer Group
Cornell University


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Subject: Re: CUPS doesn't offer Ledger as a paper size

James M Pulver wrote:
> We've got a Brother MFC-j5910 which is working great networked via the brother LPD and CUPS driver, except if you want to print 11x17 / Tabloid. The printer for some reason doesn't support that, and instead supports the less common 17x11 / Ledger format. If I use a program that allows you to set a CUSTOM paper size of 17x11, it prints as expected (well, not really, I have to still change to landscape when it should be portrait for that size configuration)... The issue I have is, on Windows computers using the standard CUPS drivers shared over SAMBA, I can't select a custom paper size (and most users on Linux expect to use Tabloid, not a custom paper size)...
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> Any ideas what I should do here? CUPS is on a SL5 server.
>
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> James Pulver
> LEPP Computer Group
> Cornell University
>   
You should be able to modify the ppd file in /etc/cups/ppd/.  You can 
add/modify paper dimensions as needed there.  I'd start by cloning the 
Ledger entry, naming it Tabloid (or whatever), then adjusting the 
dimensions to the orientation you want.  Restart cups after editing.

-Mark

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Mr. Mark V. Stodola
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National Electrostatics Corp.
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